Puli Forum:
My sick Puli

My Puli is 6.5 years old. In her rather short life, she has had 2 hernia operations, has a mild form of epilepsy, and a mild form of hip dysplasia. Her most recent ailment came in the form of not eating for 5 days. Xrays and blood tests later, doctors were not able to figure it out. One of her kidneys is bigger than the other. Her white blood cells jumped up from 29,000 to 39,000, but has now dropped down to 30,000 which is apparently normal. She is still weak and cannot stand up on her own. We had her on Glucosomine Chrondrotin for about 1.5 years and and that has seemed to help. We have tried everything from Rimadryl and Cosequin to ease her pain in her hips. Has anyone else tried anything successfully? Not knowing when we bought her when she was 8 weeks old, she is very closely inbred. Her grandfathers are the same, and all of her great grandparents consists of only 4 dogs that were bred together. This may explain a lot of her health problems.

I am so sorry for your 6.5 year old baby. I am lucky that I havent had to go through

any of that with my babies. Would you be willing to tell me who you bought your

Puli from so I could beware of who not to purchase from? You can email me

privately. I have two Pulik and will be adding to my family next Spring. Thank

you in advance for any information you are willing to share with me. I hope your

baby feels better soon!!

If you need some to talk to about pulis(sick or well) feel free to write. I am on puli 2-(9yrs old) and puli 3(20 months)....My first Puli was sick from age 7 to 9 when she had to be put to sleep. Goodluck

Hi Niki, I am an expert on dogs, and I am sorry for all the pain you and your dog have been through, did you get this dog from a breeder? well If you did then these breeders seem to be doing the wrong thing, they inbred their dogs alot and that is not healthy at all, well I hope that your dog is doing fine and I hope you are too. ~sara